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Innovation Zero 2024 Main Stage

Harris Brick Safety Systems

Description

Harris Brick Safety Systems was founded after a life-changing injury ended my career in bricklaying. That experience revealed a serious problem in the construction industry: unsafe and outdated wall bracing systems that continue to cause accidents, injuries, and fatalities.

 

We developed The Brick Bud to change that — a reusable, easy-to-install wall bracing system designed to make sites safer, more efficient, and environmentally responsible.

 

Construction waste from bricks and cement alone contributes over 32,600 tons of CO₂ every year — equal to 17,000 diesel cars on the road annually. Our system helps reduce this waste, prevent injury, and support the industry’s transition to net zero.

 

The Brick Bud is more than a tool — it’s a shift in mindset. By prioritising safety and sustainability, we’re protecting workers today and future-proofing the trade for generations to come.

 

At Harris Brick Safety Systems, we believe change is overdue — and essential. We’re proud to be driving innovation in an industry that needs it now more than ever .

 

Climate Challenge Areas
  • Built
  • Cement and Concrete
  • Construction
  • Construction material
  • Circular economy
  • Waste management
  • Emissions control, reporting and offsetting
  • Carbon Accounting
Technology Readiness Level (TRL)
  • 7 to 9 (Deployment)
Seeking funding
  • Yes

Company Website

https://harrisbricksafetysystems.com/

Address

HARRIS BRICK SAFETY SYSTEMS
8 The Link
Middlesbrough
8 Thw Link
TS3 0NJ
United Kingdom

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Company Size

1-10

Year Founded

July 2022
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  • Brick Bud

    06 Jun 2025
    Harris Brick Safety Systems is pioneering safer and more sustainable practices in bricklaying. Born from lived experience following a life-changing injury, the company developed The Brick Bud — a reus ...
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  • Executive builders magazine

    26 Jun 2024 Andy McVittie
    Andy Mcvittie approached us to ask if he could carry out a publication on the brick bud, he travelled to Scarborough from Nottingham to interview me on a Lovell homes site .    
  • Professional Builders magazine

    03 Dec 2024 Edward Kelly
    We were contacted by Ed Kelly from the professional builders magazine , and he gave us the good news that we had been nominated by them for innovation 2024 awards .  
  • Site recorder magazine

    03 May 2025 Joe Kirkby
    We had the pleasure to be invited to the Clerk of Works monthly meeting at St Albans to deliver a CPD through Jerry Schoolbred who is acting president .
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